In 1971, two grand juries in Boston looked at leaks related to the Pentagon Papers, which detailed the US involvement in the Vietnam War. Records of those grand juries remain sealed today, and Harvard’s Jill Lepore wants them released.

The students at the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School have been walking past used needles for years. They staged a dramatic protest about it Tuesday, with the support of parents, school staff, and neighborhood activists.

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Matthew Browne was placed on leave after St. Paul School in Hingham received an allegation of inappropriate conduct with a student. Browne was also placed on leave from Sacred Heart School in Weymouth, pending the outcome of an investigation, officials said.

The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?

“The votes aren’t there,” McGovern said in an interview with the Boston Globe’s editorial board Tuesday, referring to the fact that Republicans hold a majority in the Senate and so far don’t appear inclined to support convicting Trump should the House bring impeachment articles against him.

Balancing finances against the emotional and medical needs of children is challenging for parents whose choices to spend more time with their children mean tighter family budgets. Globe Santa helps brings Christmas joy to their children when families can’t afford it.

The motion, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, seeks the court to clarify the impact of the ruling and confirm the ACA “is still the law of the land,” Healey’s office said.